June 06, 2018 – 2nd Boston Area Drosophila Meeting | Harvard Medical School
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Michael Rosbash
Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, Professor of Biology | Brandeis University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Nobel Laureate – Physiology or Medicine (2017)
AGENDA
| 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM | NKT is required in the mushroom body for night sleep regulation. Lauren Crowe, R. Jackson Lab, Tufts University |
| 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Does the fly larva get hungry? How internal state affects olfactory preference. Katrin Vogt, A. Samuel lab, Harvard University |
| 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM | Kinetochore proteins have a post-mitotic function in Drosophila neurodevelopment. Guoli Zhao, T. Schwarz Lab, Boston Children’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School |
| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Isoform-selective genome editing revealed expression and nociceptive function of Drosophila TrpA1 channel. Yang Xiang, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Mapping neural circuits for alcohol reward in Drosophila. Kristin Scaplen, K. Kaun Lab, Brown University |
| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Plasma membrane localization of apoptotic caspases for non-apoptotic functions. Alla Amcheslavsky, A. Bergmann Lab, University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Mispositioned nuclei: Distinct mechanisms drive similar phenotypes. Mary Ann Collins, Folker Lab, Boston College |
| 11:15 AM – 11:20 AM | [Lightning Talk] Restriction of apoptosis in Drosophila neuroblasts. Katherine Harding, K. White Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School |
| 11:20 AM – 11:25 AM | [Lightning Talk] The role of Hippo signaling in epithelial cell fate determination. Heya Zhao, A. Veraksa Lab, University of Massachusetts, Boston |
| 11:25 AM – 11:30 AM | [Lightning Talk] Gene expression analysis in the developing ovary. Shreeharsha Tarikere, C. Extavour Lab, Harvard University |
| 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | LUNCH – Discussion Groups (NRB Cafeteria) • Chromatin/DNA repair – Mitzi Kuroda • Tools/Techniques/Disease models – Michele Markstein • Neurobiology – Troy Littleton • Cell death/apoptosis – Kristin White |
| 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Protein-protein interactions that modulate Polycomb function. Hyuckjoon Kang, M. Kuroda Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM | Mechanotransduction via the LINC complex regulates DNA replication and chromosome organization in myonuclei. Shuoshuo Wang, T. Lionnet lab, New York University |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | BAD romance: enrichment of a fly dosage compensation GAGA motif in the human X chromosome. Edridge D’Souza, M. Markstein lab, University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | FlyBase 2018: new look, new features. Gil dos Santos, FlyBase, Harvard University |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Regulation of endosomal microautophagy by cellular stress in Drosophila. Ana Mesquita, A. Jenny Lab, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Disco modulates apoptosis and hyperplasia downstream of the Notch-JNK signaling axis. Diana Ho, S. Artavanis-Tsakonas Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Proteomics of protein trafficking by in vivo tissue-specific labeling. Ilia Droujinine, N. Perrimon Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:45 PM – 2:50 PM | [Lightning Talk] Trans inter-homolog pairing in haplotype-resolved genomes. Jelena Erceg, T. Wu Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:50 PM – 2:55 PM | [Lightning Talk] Probabilistic Modeling of Drosophila Sleep Reveals Mechanisms Regulating Sleep Duration and Structure. Timothy Wiggin, L. Griffith Lab, Brandeis University |
| 2:55 PM – 3:00 PM | [Lightning Talk] TRiP CRISPR fly stock update. J. Zirin, DRSC/TRiP-FGR, Harvard Medical School |
| 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | BREAK |
| 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University Introduction by Stephanie Mohr, Harvard Medical School |
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September 2016 – Boston Area Drosophila Meeting | University of Massachusetts Boston
AGENDA
Talks: Campus Center Ballroom (3rd Floor, Ballroom C)
Movie: University Hall, Room 2300
| 1:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Resistance is Futile: Using the Fly to Overcome Stem Cell Drug Resistance Michele Markstein, UMass Amherst |
| 1:15 PM – 1:30 PM | A new role of E2F in endocycling fatbody cells Ana Guarner Peralta, N. Dyson Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Ionotropic Receptors mediate detection of humidity Zach Knecht, Paul Garrity Lab, Brandeis University |
| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | fs(1)h dependent neuroblast apoptosis Antoine Borensztejn, K. White Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Interaction of neurodegenerative APP and HTT proteins during axon growth via the proto-oncogene ABL Lee Fradkin, UMass Medical School |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Interaction between transcriptional co-activators and PRC1 on developmental genes Hyuckjoon Kang, M. Kuroda Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Serotonergic activity controls sleep architecture in Drosophila Chang Liu, L. Griffith Lab, Brandeis University |
| 2:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Mechanisms of myonuclear movement Torrey Mandigo, E. Folker Lab, Boston College |
| 3:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Functional genomics and bioinformatics resources at the HMS DRSC & TRiP Stephanie Mohr, Harvard Medical School |
| 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Optogenetic pacing in Drosophila melanogaster Airong Li, Harvard Medical School |
| 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM | A new toolbox for the fly Sciara – a new/old model system Susan Gerbi, Brown University |
| 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM | An optimized approach for CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activation in vivo Ben Ewen-Campen, N. Perrimon Lab, Harvard Medical School |
| 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Walk to University Hall, Room 2300 |
| 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Introduction and screening of “The Fly Room” |
